Fresh Beginnings. Lately I've been...

You may have noticed that things have been rather quiet around here lately. This has been due to lots of big and exciting changes in my life over the last couple of months and I've found myself with a lot less free time to spend.
At the beginning of April I started a full time administration office job which I am really enjoying but when combined with drama rehearsals in the evening, every day bits and bobs and having been spending weekends in some lovely company away from home it has effected my blogging schedule something awful!
I do however have some great posts lined up now and using my shiny new Galaxy tablet, I will be able to get them up in lunch breaks, on the train or anywhere else I happen to be which I fine rather exciting!
So, what have I been up to?

Well, as I said, I have started a new job working as an office administrator in the centre of Bath for a great company. So far I have been really enjoying it and while being a massive change, I feel like I've been there ages already :)

I have also spent a couple of sunny weekends at the seaside! Think long walks on the beach, cocktails, sea life, great company and rock climbing.  Bliss!

Finally, I have spent lots of time with all the people who mean a lot to me. This has included lots of visits to places like Wagamama for overly delicious food. Any excuse eh ;)

So that's a little snapshot of what I have been up to lately, and I promise it won't be weeks before my next post like it was this time!
What have you been up to?
Annie xx

NOTD- Seaside Inspired Shimmers

After a lovely weekend at the seaside enjoying the sunshine in Weymouth I came home and fancied some pretty blue nails to remind me of the beach.
I am loving blue at the moment so there was little excuse required to whip out some of my favourite blue nail polishes and create some shimmering sea nails.

I started off by applying two coats of the lovely lilac toned blue Bluebell polish by Nails Inc which gave a soft and even base colour before topping with one coat of the oh so popular Indian Ocean from Models Own which is formulated to give a shimmer reminiscent of when the sun catches calm, clear sea water as it washes onto the beach. Finally, I created a focal nail using Barry M shade 340 Aqua Glitter which contains various sized glitter chunks and gives a very pretty and glitter packed finish with just one coat.

I had forgotten just what a beautiful finish Indian Ocean gives. In the light you can see that it contains a pink toned glitter which gives any blue polish a lovely depth that looks really special in the sunlight.
I go through stages with painting my nails and recently I've had them painted continually so expect to see more nail art posts in the near future :)
What colours have you been loving recently? Have you tried any of these polishes?
Annie xx